Conceptual Materials Social Practice Artist
Join me for World Collage Day on Saturday, May 11, to honor this community of artists and to remind the world what a spirit of cooperation, mutual support, and creativity can look like when people come together as a community.
SAVE THE DATE: 5/11 @ 1-5pm
LOCATION: Garden Level Gallery 315 3rd Street, Jersey City NJ
Bring paper, magazines, found materials and your preferred substrate. I have paint, scissors and various glues…
$5 suggested donation to cover material costs.
This body of work is a collection of one sided conversations. As a woman, I find it is often easier to make my way in the world by keeping my mouth shut. To simply grin and bare it when haters, well meaning friends or co-workers say or do something incorrect or insensitive.
As a child, my father would say to me, “Better to be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubtâ€. So in keeping my mouth shut, I learned, to be seen, and selectively heard.
With ‘Big Mouth’, I am all of it. The sass, the crass, the erudite and more than that, aware. Aware of the language used to quiet me down. To remind me of what is and most importantly, what isn’t being said.
Late Summer I started working on an edition of linocut mixed media self portrait collaged prints on paper. I used the fine print from my Tysabri infusion and boarding passes from my travels this year to mark the passage of time.
All works are 7″x5″ in a 10″x8″ mat ready to be framed. These works are priced to move on my Shopify store at $75 each. A steal for an original piece of art, if you ask me. So if you have been meaning to get little something for yourself click here.
Hamilco white card stock, Speedball block printing ink, Golden fluid acrylic, Sharpie, paper boarding passes, Mulberry paper, construction paper flower, glitter glue, glitter and sparkle.
and you are invited… DM me to RSVP.
I printed my Woman Woman Selfie onto heavy fabric for a 10’x 8′ tapestry.
Im on deadline for a show and need help sewing bottle caps, buttons and beads onto the fabric for the hair.
If you can’t sew, don’t worry, we are really just tying knots. Check the 3 short You Tube videos below and you will be ready to hand sew. EASY
Come for 30 mins or come for the duration. Bring a friend or just yourself.
Mimosas, ice tea, fruit and continental breakfast/brunch fare will be served.
Plus you will have my gratitude.
Sewing Party
Date: Saturday July 14th
Time: 11:30am-3:00pm
Location: Garden Level, 315 3rd Street Jersey City NJ.
For Locals: 3rd Street between Cole & Monmouth Streets.
From Manhattan: Take the Path Train to Grove Street exit and walk up Newark Avenue. Turn right on Cole Street and right on 3rd Street.
Step down to the Garden Level, the door will be unlocked.
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When one of your collectors is featured in Billboard Magazine for his well deserved promotion and show’s off your art in his office… Thank you Jim Roppo!
From the Jan. 13, 2018 issue of Billboard.
Mixed media Assemblage on cradled birch.
Acrylic paint, Xeroxes, construction paper, tissue paper, rhinestones, bottle caps, beads, glitter and love
In private collection of Jim Roppo.
Size: 10 x 10 x 1 in
Medium: Acrylic paint, Sharpie, tissue paper, plastic mesh, glitter, bottle caps, beads, self leveling gel, soft gel gloss
Subject Matter: Words To Live By
Creation Date: September 30 2017
Selfie Replicant represents who I would be if I was a replicant in Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult classic, Blade Runner. Capturing the feel of the film it shows how my personality would emerge in the futuristic 2049 dystopia. Representing myself as one of the bioengineered androids found in the film I am revealing a hidden strength brought on by personal struggles within my own life. This selfie captures a side of me that is as potentially vindictive and powerful as it is dark and mysterious.
When a colleague told me I am “pretty stupid for a smart person,” this series of work was my response.
I can’t spell and sometimes words get lost in my mouth but that doesn’t mean I am stupid. My brain processes information visually and sonically, letters and numbers are interchangeable. I think different, that is my super power.
Several pieces from Dyslexia Series are currently exhibiting at Jersey City Art & Studio  Tour’s  JCAST2016 Flagship Gallery from Oct 7th through Oct 23.  150 Pacific Avenue, Jersey City, NJ. The gallery is open weekends 12-6pm.
Let me know if you want to go. I’ll come meet you.
18″ x 24″ mixed media collage by Theda Sandiford